The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-07
Art {. cLorHes .cu1rIns.


Schools Nhrre the TaiIors' Trade Il
Taught-Mahing Good Rita"
"These schools are net very vel a..
tended now bnf II you wcrc 70 20 ~ them
in the summer months 8hcn the tailor
business Ia IN il. Ynratigu. a. 10 speak,
you would lnd scores au9 sc9res .. Young
men busy with measures aud shears pTsc.
ticing the fine art Of cutting clothes that
will tit II is Ii beautiful and enhancing
study, ~ said the cutter. WIN "a proud con
sciousness " the worth Of l.i calling.
land II il one that everybody cannot
master ii its perfection any more than
every ono can become great painter Or
greGt singer, " L great Statesman II
takes time And genius 70 make you good
cutter -
How muca tlmesa the reporter alked
That depends On the natural gifts u
the pupil NaaJdy cau learn II IL much
less than three months, however. aud
neither Of The tailor colleges Will give less
than a quarters tuition. The pupil is
first taught 10 drift ont patterns FOR
clothes With chalk Ard wooden M sure
from the measurement memoranda adycn
by the professor Whom ne Ia. got 70
TINT thee patterns Will produce gar
ment thai will Mt something brsides a
lamp post or pump he II allowed to try
his hand On I've customer. II hc mikes
errors the errors arc corrected b. the pro-
fessor, and he tries again, uu'H in a few
weeks, more or less. provided Of course
that he is gifted with the natural genius
that can alone produce perfect #, he IS
able to cldm his diploma and start out
into the wide world u lead triumphant
career in the bencncent work q clothing
mankind SO that the grace and manly
beauty Of the race can be fully developed
Ready made clothes are olways made
Oh even figure meas urements-that i 70
say, coat is 32 or 80 or 40, or some even
figure in chest measurement, and the
waist measurements Of the trousers arc
arranged on the same scale. 1t doesn
pay to have odd figures, because the de
mand for them IS comparatively inconsid
cradle. If you should put on a ready
made garment and find that IL was Just
trihe too large or too small around the
chest or whist you would find that the
garment had been made so that the alter
alton could be quickly made FOR you.
Grading is simply making an allowance
for alteration It's clever trade knack
and invaluable in the great ready mAde
clothing establishments
'There is n common belief that there Ia
secret tTlck oil tue tfaue IN c1ftlng Tor
custom trade. Have you any objection TO
giving that secret away
'Not in the least Cntter Drury re-
Piled with a laugh. "Thc so called trick
of the trade is merely the knack OF saving
material by arranging the pattern on the
cloth 80 that the least possible quantity Of
the material will be used in making tho
garment. This is something 10y which
the customer loses nothing, and the tailor
saves a good deal. 1t simply proves the
superior art of the cutter. An unsklllful
tailor, for example, will waste good deal
Of cloth by the clumsy arrangement Of
the pattern. On the other hand, man
who knows his business thoroughly can
crowd the pattern, rs we say in techni-
cal lingo, into small space, and thus save
unnecessary waste without marring the
garment or producing a msfit That's
all the secret there is TO it. Il isn't much,
as you see. 1t all lies in understanding
what you're about, and that l believe, is
the secret of success in all the learned
professions. New York sun